HKA is a global leader in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, and expert witness services. We tackle complex challenges with our multi-disciplinary expertise.
As trusted consultants and advisors, we deliver solutions in uncertain and disputed situations, ensuring the best outcomes for clients worldwide. Our experts have testified globally on major cases spanning across a wide range of industries and sectors.
As part of the HKA team you can expect:
A strong collaborative culture with a mutual pursuit of your success alongside the success of our teams.
Autonomy to solve problems creatively, contribute to our innovative direction, and be valued as an individual
The opportunity to work on enterprise-scale infrastructure and cybersecurity initiatives, leveraging modern cloud and security technologies while helping shape HKA's global IT strategy.
HKA's Global IT team is looking for a Senior Infrastructure and Security Engineer to play a key role in strengthening and evolving our enterprise security and cloud infrastructure. This position will be based in the USA, reports to our Infrastructure Services Manager who is based in the UK and be part of an international team with colleagues across the globe including USA, UK, South Africa, Australia and more.
The role also offers the opportunity to work with leading Microsoft technologies including Azure, Entra ID, Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and Intune while helping drive Zero Trust adoption and cybersecurity best practices. You'll have a direct impact on the security, resilience, and performance of systems that support colleagues and clients around the world. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and influencing security strategy in a global environment, this role offers both technical depth and visibility.
This is a hybrid role open to candidates within commuting range of a number of our offices in the Pacific and Mountain Time Zones. Candidates located near our offices in the Central Time Zone may also be considered.
ResponsibilitiesInfrastructure & Cloud OperationsOperate, maintain, and improve HKA’s global infrastructure across Windows, Microsoft 365, cloud, hybrid, networking, virtualization, storage, monitoring, backup, and disaster-recovery environments.
Support Azure and hybrid-cloud services, including compute, networking, storage, identity, monitoring, resilience, backup/recovery, and cost management.
Troubleshoot infrastructure incidents and service issues; lead root-cause analysis and implement lasting improvements.
Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, recovery procedures, and technical standards.
Administer and enhance Microsoft Defender XDR, Entra ID, and Intune.
Manage endpoint security, device compliance, application deployment, patching, and secure configuration standards.
Implement and maintain Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, PIM, identity protection, least-privilege access, and access-governance controls.
Support Microsoft 365 security controls across identity, endpoints, devices, applications, and collaboration services.
Investigate security events and infrastructure risks; support technical response, remediation, and follow-up actions.
Partner with Security Operations and other IT teams to improve monitoring, vulnerability remediation, endpoint protection, and security posture.
Help mature HKA’s use of Microsoft Sentinel, including security monitoring, investigation, detection improvement, and response workflows.
Help develop Microsoft Purview capabilities for data protection, information governance, classification, and related controls.
Automate repeatable infrastructure and security tasks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, or similar tools.
Participate in infrastructure changes, security reviews, technology assessments, and architecture discussions to ensure solutions are secure, reliable, supportable, and aligned with business needs.
Contribute to security standards, operational processes, and risk-reduction initiatives across the global technology environment.
Work closely with global IT colleagues, security teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to improve the reliability, security, and performance of HKA systems.
U.S. citizenship is required due to access requirements for client systems and Microsoft GCC High environments.
7+ years of progressive IT experience, including at least 3 years of hands-on infrastructure engineering or systems administration in a production environment.
Hands-on responsibility for enterprise infrastructure across servers, networking, virtualization, cloud or hybrid systems, backup/disaster recovery, monitoring, and incident troubleshooting.
Hands-on administration of Microsoft Defender XDR or Microsoft Defender security products, including endpoint security, alert investigation, incident response, remediation, or security policy management.
Hands-on administration of Microsoft Entra ID, including Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, PIM, identity protection, or access governance.
Hands-on administration of Microsoft Intune, including endpoint configuration, device compliance, MDM/MAM, Autopilot, application deployment, or endpoint-security policy.
Experience securing and supporting Windows, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, endpoint, and hybrid infrastructure environments.
Experience automating infrastructure or security tasks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, or similar scripting and automation tools.
Strong troubleshooting, incident-response, root-cause-analysis, and documentation skills.
Ability to communicate clearly with technical and nontechnical stakeholders across a global organization.
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
HKA offers an annual salary range of $110,000 to $140,000, along with a competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, 20 days of paid time off plus additional company holidays and wellness time, performance bonus opportunities, and access to robust training, professional development, and career advancement programs across our global organization.
At HKA we recognize that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.
Our Global Recruitment team is committed to providing an authentic candidate experience for all those who take the time to apply to HKA. We are committed to providing an efficient and insightful recruitment process giving candidates a true reflection of life at HKA.
Fairness and Equality at HKA:
HKA works hard to provide a welcoming environment for all of our employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our fairness and equality strategy. Please visit our careers page for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information.
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Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship required (access to client systems and Microsoft GCC High)
- 7+ years of infrastructure engineering experience with strong Microsoft focus
- 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience in Microsoft cloud and security environments
- Strong experience with Azure services (infrastructure, networking, storage, identity)
- Experience implementing and supporting Zero Trust security architectures
- Deep understanding of identity and access management, authentication, authorization, and privileged access controls
- Experience managing enterprise cloud security programs and security initiatives
- Knowledge of infrastructure security principles including endpoint security, encryption, identity protection, and threat mitigation
- Experience with automation and scripting using PowerShell and/or Azure CLI
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and incident response skills
- Strong communication skills with high emotional intelligence
- Relevant Microsoft certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-500, SC-100, SC-300)
- Experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, Sentinel, Purview, and Intune at scale
- Experience conducting threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and risk assessments
- Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NIST 800-171, CMMC, HIPAA, Cyber Essentials
- Experience leading major infrastructure, security, or cloud transformation initiatives
- Knowledge of cloud governance, security automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices
What We Do
HKA is a global consultancy specializing in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness services, and litigation support. It helps clients manage disputes, risks, and uncertainties linked to complex contracts and challenging projects, offering impartial, incisive, and authoritative advice. With a team of 1,100 people and expertise spanning over 30 languages, HKA supports organizations in resolving claims and achieving effective outcomes worldwide.
